Hi Alec,

I've heard similar rumours going around too, but I assume that what you are saying now is 'substantiated knowledge', not just speculation, right?

Finally including a built in hard drive is GREAT news (even though I would have prefered them to go the flash media card route). I hope that Technics will also include the hard drive management/backup software as well. I also wonder what the hard drive's size will be, and what the HD's managment software features will include. Does anyone here know?

Great to hear that the built in hard drive will support USB. I've been long tired of the SLOW hard drive backup time on my KN5000, with its antiquated SLOW parallel port interface. I'm just curious HOW MUCH faster it will be to backup the same amount of data on USB vs parallel port?

MP3 support sounds nice too, though I'm concerned that MP3 quality may not sound 'good enough for professional quality music performance/production. It would be great if the KN7000 supported 16 bit audio (WAV file) playback/recording too. The GEM Genesis already supports both WAV & MP3 formats.

As each week passes, I'm getting more and more excited about the prospects of the KN7000. I'm making an extra effort to save $ up for what sounds like could be a big step forward in arrangaer keyboard advancement. Historicly, It seems like Technics comes out with a BIG WINNER, every other model release, so the time is ripe.

- Scott http://scottyee.com

[This message has been edited by Scottyee (edited 02-09-2002).]